Droplets of Nectar - Vol 2
Krishna

Eradicating the Root Cause of Suffering

Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj2 min read
KrishnaMahaprabhuSrimad BhagavatamHarinamBhakti
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Conditioned souls have currents of holy and unholy thoughts in their minds, imbibed from previous impressions of millions of births. This human birth is given by the Lord to fight against unholy thoughts and to enhance holy thoughts. After passing through millions of births in different species, we have attained this human birth. God was satisfied by creating human beings, as human beings have the capacity to discriminate between eternal and non-eternal and can worship the Supreme Lord who is All-existence, All-knowledge and All-bliss. This human birth is not meant for just eating, sleeping, defending and mating like birds and beasts. Unless the root cause of committing sin is eradicated, the aptitude to commit sin cannot be removed. The cause of sin is desire for committing sin and the cause of desire for committing sin is misconception of the self; the cause of misconception of the self is nescience (ignorance); the cause of nescience is aversion to the Supreme Lord, who is All-Existence, All-Knowledge and All-Bliss. Therefore the root cause of sin is aversion to Sri Krishna. So, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has said, "The conditioned souls of the world, due to forgetfulness of their relation with the Supreme Lord are averse to Sri Krishna since time immemorial." Therefore we are advised to cultivate devotion, principally to chant the Holy Name for remembrance of Sri Krishna. We have forgotten Krishna since time immemorial. We are to correct this with the help of bonafide Shuddha Bhaktas. 'Sadhan bina sadhya vastu keho nahi paye'. Without devotional practice, nobody can get the objective.

In Srimad Bhagavatam, 9th Canto, Veda Vyasa Muni has said that Ambarish Maharaj, who was a most favourite devotee of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna, removed all desires of this world gradually, by performing bhajan without deceitfulness. A conditioned soul cannot get the desired result all of a sudden. If he is sincere in his efforts, by the grace of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and His devotees, he will be ultimately successful.

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